More Rain at Indy; Briscoe's Twitter Contest

Practice at Indy was cut short today at Indy because of light rain, cutting the amount of track time the teams have to get ready for Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day, which is this Saturday, May 21. Marco Andretti, who has a quick lap of 224.215 mph (40.1163 seconds) in his No. 26 Team Venom primary car with a tow, is concerned about his lack of laps.

"It makes a difference (that he didn't get in a full session). Who knows if we would have gained or they would have gained on us," said Andretti, who has three top-5 finishes in his five starts at Indy. "I'm really worried about the speed of our car. I've driven exactly Danica's setup 3 miles an hour off of her (lap time). I can't explain why. I'm worried about qualifying for this race. It is still early days, but I honestly think if you're not going to be qualifying in the top 10 you should be worried."

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In other Indy news (perfect for a rainy day at the Speedway), Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe and his wife, Nicole, are conducting an Indianapolis 500 contest on Twitter for the second consecutive year, with the winner receiving an all-expenses paid trip to the race May 29.

The follower of Briscoe (@RyanBriscoe6) who guesses his four-lap qualifying average to the thousandth of a mph (three digits past the decimal) will win round-trip airfare for two from anywhere in the country, four nights' hotel accommodations, tickets to the 2011 Indianapolis 500 and other "cool swag," Briscoe said.

Sounds like fun. To enter, followers must post their guess at Briscoe's average qualifying speed on his Twitter feed (@RyanBriscoe6) by midnight (ET) Friday, May 20. The "tweets" must contain the hash-tag "#BriscoeIndy500″ to be eligible and also must include Briscoe's qualifying position as a tiebreaker.

The winner will be selected following the completion of Indy 500 qualifying.